Child Care Courses
Child care courses are designed to teach students about children, their behavior at different developmental stages, and how to look after them and tackle different child-care situations. If you are new at parenting, or you just love children and wish to pursue a career in child care, you can choose from a number of child care courses. Depending on the level of studies completed, someone with knowledge on child care can have potential careers in child care centers, teaching, or working as a professional nanny. These courses are available at various community and four-year colleges, and can lead to diplomas, certificates, and degrees.
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Career Certificate in Child Care Center Operations
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The Career Certificate in Child Care Center Operations is ideal for a person who wishes to run his own child care center. It covers topics such as parenting and family values, exploring feelings, keeping children safe indoors and outdoors, maintaining basic hygiene, child protection and tackling bullying. It also overviews the diet, nutrition plan and exercise for children and teaches them how to deal with disabled children. (
Basic Certificate in Child Development
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A certificate course on basic child development enables students to establish a safe and healthy environment for children at a child-care center or in a home based setting. It also focuses on teaching the basics of how to plan and provide games and activities for children and manage child's behavior. After taking this course, a person can work as a home-based child caretaker or a nanny.
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Child Development and Early Childhood
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A Child Development and Early Childhood certificate course provides basic training to child care practitioners who work with children under the age of five. This course is designed to provide students with a better learning of how to achieve learning goals for children in early ages. It sharpens students' observations, assessment and planning skills and helps them enhance their child care skills. A course in Early Years Foundation Stage is suitable for teachers teaching pre-K children.
Certificate in Children's Services
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A certificate in Children's Services enables students to learn about child development, learning, health and safety, family and culture. It also helps to develop professional skills as a professional in child care services. The course also enhances the student's playing and creative skills so she can plan activities for children in a safe environment.
Diploma Course in Child Psychology
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A diploma course in Child Psychology is aimed to help students develop a better understanding of a child's mind and behavior. When you know how the mind of a child works, you can work more successfully in the child care field. This course focuses on studying child psychology. It also helps you understand how your behavior can affect a child, and how you can provide a better and more loving environment for the child to grow in.
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